Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. Upbringing

   • Born in Atlanta, Georgia
     • January 15, 1929
   • Father: Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
     • Changed name to Martin Luther in honor of German reformer

2. Inspirational Speeches

   • "I HAVE A DREAM"
     • The speech in video: http://youtu.be/smEqnnklfYs
     • August 28, 1963

3. Family life

   • Married to Coretta Scott
     • 4 children

4. Studies

   • Precocious student
     • Skipped 9th and 12th grades
       • Entered Morehouse College
         • Age 15
         • Degree in Sociology
           • 1948
           • Crozer Theological Seminary
             • B.Div. degre
               • 1951
             • Boston University
               • Ph.D. degree
                 • 1955
                 • "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman"

5. Inspiration

   • Religion
     • Jesus Christ
   • Mahatma Gandhi
     • No violence
   • Henry David Thoreau

6. Assasination

   • April 4, 1968
   • Killer
     • Henry Clay Wilson?
       • New claims in 2002
         • http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/05/us/a-minister-says-his-father-now-dead-killed-dr-king.html
     • James Earl Ray?
       • Convicted
     • Other?

7. Marches and Movements

   • March on Washington (1963)
   • Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
   • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957)
   • Albany movement (1961)
   • Birmingham campaign (1963)
   • St. Augustine, Florida (1963)
   • Selma, Alabama (1964)
   • The Selma Voting Rights Movement (1965)
     • Bloody Sunday
   • Chicago Open Housing Movement (1966)
   • Vietnam War Opposition (1965)
   • Poor People's Campaign (1968)

8. Nobel Peace Prize

   • October 14, 1964
   • Youngest winner at the time

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